أَوْ يَأْخُذَهُمْ عَلَىٰ تَخَوُّفٍ فَإِنَّ رَبَّكُمْ لَرَءُوفٌ رَّحِيمٌ
Quran glossary · accepted
تَخَوُّف
fearfulness
The state of being fearful before a perceived danger or consequence.
Lexical scope
Scope: curated segment set · Occurrences: 1
Roots: خوف
Lemmas: تخوف
Forms: تَخَوُّفٍ
Occurrence examples (1 of 1)
Scoped occurrences shown in Quran order: 1.
Why this meaning was chosen
The خوف family retains fear as its invariant core. At 16:47, تخوف is the Form V verbal noun and therefore contributes fearfulness. The host verb يأخذهم supplies taking, while على frames the condition of the plural people being taken. The complete construction reads compositionally as 'or He takes them while they are fearful'; neither seizure nor progressive aspect belongs inside the noun.